There are million people each year have a reaction from contact with poison ivy. The resin on the poison ivy plant causes an itchy, burning rash on the skin of most people. You can get poison ivy from the plant itself or by touching anything that has come in contact with the plant and has some of the resinous oil on it.
A poison ivy rash can appear anywhere from a few hours to a few days after contact with the resin. In rare cases, individuals become highly sensitized and the skin rash can progress into systemic complications, including vomiting, diarrhea, and fever. The best way to prevent a poison ivy rash is to stay away from the toxic plant.
Anyone who comes in contact with poison ivy out in the wild should wash as soon as possible. After you wash the poison ivy oil from your skin, you can’t giving a poison ivy rash to other people. But if you scratch and get some urushiol on your hands, you can spread it to other parts of your body, or even to other people.
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